In partnership with the department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology
About the event
This workshop will take as its starting point that prisons are damaging institutions that fail to resolve harm and make society safer. So called ‘alternatives’ exist – community sentences, fines, restorative justice, electronic monitoring – but all have largely failed to reduce our reliance on punishment and incarceration. The UK has witnessed expanding methods of surveillance and control through what is commonly referred to as ‘net-widening’.
Importantly, we want to go beyond criminal justice and rethink policy and practice to include housing, education, health, social security and employment – so that many current criminal justice responses are not required at all.
- How can we make prisons obsolete?
- What are the available policy and practice solutions to harm that do not rely on punishment and exclusion?
- What are the challenges and opportunities for building coalitions and support for advancing this work?
This event is part of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies’ Justice Matters initiative to downsize criminal justice and build policy and practice alternatives. You can read related content from our website on 'alternatives to criminal justice' here.
If you would like further information about this event please contact Rebecca Roberts, senior policy associate at the Centre.
Speakers
Dr Deborah Drake, The Open University
Dr John Moore, The University of the West of England
Venue, time and date
33 Finsbury Square
London, EC2A 1AG
United Kingdom
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